Posted by Erwin Moller on 12/18/33 11:51

Nel wrote:

> I have a web site that seems to be getting hammered by lots of bots.
>
> Some genuine, some questionable. Some just users that seem to be
> downloading the site en-masse. I have started using php & mysql to track
> the IP, host, browser, proxy of all visitors and am trying to gauge how
> many pages to serve within one hour before restricting access.
>
> What do you consider to be a reasonable number of visits per hour? Do
> many bots rush through a site?
>
> I know this is a vague question, but at least you guys may have some
> experience in this area. Before you say it I have tried to Google for
> this - no luck at all.
>
> Is there a better way to block abuse of a site???
>
> Nel.

Hi Nel,

Why do you want to restrict access to your site?
If your site is popular, I expect that the extra bandwidthbill of your ISP
is a luxuryproblem.

I also used bots to download a site on my local HD for offline browsing
(this was before ADSL was cheap).

So why do you want to restrict your visitors?

just my 2 cent.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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